Hair-pin.



s. E. CREECH"& P. BLAND.

Patented July 10, 1917.

it It HAIR-PIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July :iltl, TQM.

Application filed April 6, 1917. Serial no. 160,284.

- and PERRY BLAND, citizens of the United States, and residents ofSullivan, in the county of Moultrie and State of Illinois,

have invented new and useful Tmprovements in Hair-Pins, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in hair pins, and the primaryobject is to provide a pin of this character which may be readily andconveniently used, and when used will securely remain in the position inwhich it is placed without injury to the hair or scalp of the wearer.

Other advantages and objects will be apparent in the course of thefollowing description, taken in conjunction with the accompanyingdrawings, and the particular features of novelty will be pointed out inthe appended claims. The pin may be of bone, wire or any other material.

' Tn the drawings in which similar characters of references denotesimilar parts in all the views,

Figure l is a front view of a hair pin embodying our invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged view of the divergent ends.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the pin is formed from asingle strand of resilient wire or any other suitable ma terial bent atthe center 1 forming a U- shape. The prongs 2 converge toward the endsof same, and are provided for a por-- tion of their length with acrimped portion 3. The free ends of the prongs 2 are bent as shown at 4to be divergent and are relatively long and. provided at the endsthereof with ball points 5.

The divergent portions of the prongs 2 are provided with a plurality ofwaves, depressions or flattened portions 6 which are preferablypositioned adjacent the ball points 5 on both the inside and outside ofthe prongs.

The pin when inserted in the hair will be securely held therein by theseveral means employed; The crimped sections 3 bind against the hair andretain the same.

]By the use of the ball points 5, it is obvious that as the pin isforced into engagement with the hair, any danger of injury to the scalpby the scraping or piercing of same with the free ends is prevented, andfurther the ball points give an added means for securing the pin againstdisplacement. As the hair is engaged in the pin, it forces the spread ofthe pin to its point of resistance and the smaller waves, depressions orflattened portions 6 press firmly against the hair on both the insideand outside.

The units of hair are pressed firmly in each wave or flattened portion 6and fit snugly therein and also facilitate the retention of the pin inthe hair.

In use the depressions or flattened portions 6 areplaced next to thescalp as the hair remains natural at that point and will offer moreresistance there than in any other place.

Tn reduction to practice, we have found that the form of our inventionillustrated in the drawings and referred to in the above description asthe preferred embodiment is the most eflicient and practical, yetrealizing that the conditions concurrent with the adoption of our devicewill necessarily vary, we desire to emphasize the fact that variousminor changes in details of construction, proportion and arrangement ofparts may be resorted to, when required, without sacrificing any of theadvantages of our invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. A hair pin comprising a single length of material bent upon itself toform coacting prongs, said prongs having their free end portionsdiverging outwardly, said free treme free ends with ball points andinwardly of and adjacent said ball points with spaced depressions toengage with the hair near its roots whereby the maximum degree ofholding action is obtained.

2. A hair pin comprising a single lengthend portions being provided attheir ex-

